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Nov. 5, 1963 J. E. ANNEN ETAL 3,109,343

EGG CARTON SET-UP MACHINE Filed Jan. 2, 1962 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 64 INVENTOR. /7 Jamas f. Anne/7 20 Car/ 7. ['0/ 7 ATTORNEY Nov. 5, 1963 J. E. ANNEN ETAL EGG CARTON SET-UP MACHINE 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 2, 1962 H0 6 Y .n mnm/Mm MAN 0 I. R E 6 m M J 4. v/ 3 m\ Nov. 5, 1963 J. E. ANNEN ETAL 3,109,348

EGG CARTON SET-UP MACHINE Filed Jan. 2, 1962 5 Shee1 ;s-Sheet 3 ATTORNEY Nov. 5, 1963 J. E. ANNEN ETAL 3,109,348

EGG CARTON SET-UP MACHINE Filed Jan. 2, 1962 5 Sheets-Sheet 4' ATTORNEY Nov. 5, 1963 Filed Jan. 2, 1962 J. E. ANNEN ETAL 3,109,348

EGG CARTON SET-UP MACHINE 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 BY Mr ATTORNEY INV EN TOR.

United States Patent 3,199,348 EGG CARTON SET-UP MACHINE James Edward Annen and Carl T. Colgren, Kalamazoo, Mieh., assignors to KW Sutherland Paper Company, Kalamazoo, Mich.

Filed Jan. 2, 1962., Ser. No. 163,830 34 Claims. (Oi. 93-37) This invention relates to machines for erecting collapsed cartons. The embodiment of this invention herein illustrated and described is particularly designed for the erecting of cartons of the cellular type illustrated in Patent No. 2,955,736, dated October 11, 1960, issued to James E. Annen, one of the applicants.

The main objects of this invention are:

First, to provide a machine for erecting cartons of the cellular type which may be positioned on the machine in stacks of collapsed cartons and are automatically fed from the stack, erected and discharged in series.

Second, to provide a machine for erecting cartons of the cellular type in which certain cell parts are interlockingly engaged when the carton is erected and the carton is thereby stabilized and held in erected position.

Third, to provide a machine for erecting cartons of the cellular type in which groups of transverse cell members are swung in opposite direction from collapsed to erected position and are interlockingly engaged with other parts, and constitute means for holding the carton in completely erected, contents-receiving position.

Fourth, to provide a carton erecting machine which is of large capacity and one which is adapted for erecting cartons which include parts which have relatively restricted connections to other parts and one in which such connections are not likely to be fractured or broken.

Fifth, to provide a carton erecting machine having these advantages which is entirely automatic in use.

Objects relating to details and economies of the invention will appear from the description to follow. The invention is defined and pointed out in the claims.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 is a conventionalized side view of an egg carton erecting machine embodying our invention.

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary view of carton erecting means embodying some of the structural details of cell erecting means, the parts being shown in their retracted position.

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal view partially in section, certain of parts being conventionally illustrated.

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary view in section on a line corresponding to line 4-4 of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary longitudinal view illustrating certain details of the means for feeding collapsed cartons from a stack to the carton erecting means.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary view of parts shown in FIG. 5 illustrating further details of the carton feed means.

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view on a line corresponding to line 7--7 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary view of parts of the cell erecting means, see also FIG. 2.

FIG. 9 is a fragmentary plan view illustrating other details of the carton manipulating means and the relation of parts thereof to each other.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view on a line corresponding to broken line 10I0 of FIG. 9.

FIG. 11 is a fragmentary view of portions of the carton erecting means, parts being shown in full lines with the carton as initially positioned therein for erecting and by dotted lines in partial carton erecting position.

FIG. 12 is a fragmentary view of parts shown in FIG. 11 actuated to position in which the body portion of the carton is in fully erected position and prior to the erection of the transverse cell members.

FIG. 13 is a fragmentary view corresponding to FIG. 12 with the carton body in full erected position and illustrating the cells in fully erected position.

FIG. 14 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the carton on a line corresponding to line 14-44 of FIG. 13 after the cell folders have been retracted.

FIG. 15 is a fragmentary view on a line corresponding to line 15-15 of FIG. 13 with cell folders in partially actuated position.

FIG. 16 is a fragmentary plan view of the collapsed carton illustrating parts thereof which are engaged by the means for feeding the cartons to the carton erecting means.

FIG. 17 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view illustrating certain details of the mounting and actuation of carton erecting parts, see FIGS. 11, 12 and 13.

It should be understood that while the embodiment of the invention illustrated and described herein is particularly adapted for the erection of cellular cartons of the type shown in the said Annen Patent No. 2,959,736, the present invention is adaptable for the erection of other cellular cartons and cartons adapted for packaging material other than eggs. Collapsed cartons are designated by the numeral 1, see FIGS. 1, 5 and 11, and it is desired to point out some of the structural features of these cartons before describing the illustrated embodiment of the invention. Only such portions of cartons are illustrated as are deemed desirable to illustrate the operation of and functioning relation of the machine in erecting the cartons.

The cartons illustrated are those of the said Annen patent except that there are notches 2 and 3 in the opposite edges providing shoulders 4 and 5, see FIG. 16, engaged by feed means as will he hereinafter pointed out.

The carton comprises the hingedly connected bottom 6, front wall 7 and rear wall 8. The upper cell member 9 is hingedly connected at 10 to the upper edge of the front wall 7 and has a downwardly projecting supporting strip or part 11 to which it is hingedly connected and which is supportedly secured to the rear wall 8. The lower cell member 12- extends from the lower edge of this strip or part 11 and has a downwardly projecting flap at its front edge which is secured to the inner side of the front wall, see FIGS. 12 and 13. These upper and lower cell members 9 and 12 are slit or cut to provide article receiving openings formed by folding down support members 14 and 15 respectively, and it will be noted that the cell member 12 is provided with other support members 16 which engage the bottom 6 of the carton when the carton is fully erected.

It will be noted by reference to FIG. 14 that some of the corresponding cell members are designed to swing in one direction to erected position and a corresponding number at the other end of the carton are designed to swing to erected position in the opposite direction. This is mentioned at this time as it is believed it will facilitate the understanding of certain parts of the mechanism which are duplicated, but actuated in opposite directions.

The cover 17 is hingedly connected to the rear wall 8 of the carton.

As stated, the embodiment of applicants invention is designed to receive a stack of collapsed omtons and to feed them one by one into the erecting means from which they are discharged in erected position with the side from which the cover extends downward.

It will be understood that the driving and actuating means for the several functioning parts are synchronized and full details of such driving means are not illustrated and described as it will be understood that such means may be substantially varied.

In the embodiment of our invention illustrated most of the driving parts are disposed within a housing designated generally by the numeral 18, see FIG. 1, and comprising side walls 19, see FIG. 2. A motor, an electric motor being commonly used, is designated at 20, see FIG. 2, and 21 designates a speed reducer. At the upper end of this housing is a hopper designated generally by the numeral 22 adapted to receive a stack of the collapsed cartons '1, see FIGS. 1 and 5.

The laterally spaced slideway members 23 extend under the hopper and constitute the bottom thereof. These members 23 are provided with carton supporting rollers 24 which minimize friction on the cartons as they are translated from the stack to the erecting means. This provides translation without injuring the cartons which are commonly decorated or have printed matter thereon, at least on the cover portions thereof.

The collapsed cartons are fed one by one to the carton erecting means by the reciprocatingly mounted feed conveyor members 25 which are provided with upwardly projecting carton engaging lugs 26 and 27 positioned to engage the shoulders 4 and of the collapsed carton, see FIGS. 5 and 6.

The rear lugs 26 engage the shoulders 4 to feed the cartons to erecting position and the front lugs 27 act to discharge the erected carton from the carton erecting means.

The rear lugs 26 project upwardly higher than the thickness of a blank to catch wrinkled blanks but the step 26A prevents the lug from feeding two blanks at once. It should be noted that when the feed conveyor is in retracted position the front lug 27 is positioned forwardly relative to the stack of cartons and the rear lug 26 at the center of the stack at the shoulder 4 at the front of the cover 17, see FIGS. 3 and 5. The rear ends of the feed conveyor members are provided with a transverse support member 28 which is slidably mounted on the tubular rail or slideway 29, see FIGS. 3 and 4.

The actuating means for the conveyor includes the arm 36 mounted on the rockshaft 31 and connected by the link 32 to the support member 28-. The rockshaft is actuated in timed relation to the carton erecting means as will be hereinafter pointed out.

The operating means of the present embodiment of applicants invention include the shaft 33- driven by the speed reducing unit 21 and provided with cams 34-, 3'5, 45 and 145, see FIG. 2, this speed reducing unit 21 being connected to the motor by speed regulating means in cluding the belts 36 and 37 and coacting pulleys, see FIG. 3. This is mentioned at this point because all of the movable parts are actuated through this asesmbly of driving means.

Attention is now directed to FIGS. 3 and 11, FIG. 3 illustrating the carton blank feed means in retracted carton receiving position and FIG. 11 illustrating the carton blank feed advanced with the carton body erecting means Attention is directed to FIG. 11 in which one of the cartons 1 has been advanced by the feed means 23, 26 to initial erecting position. The member 38 is oscillatingly actuated by the link 44 and the cam 45 on the shaft 33, the link being shown as partially broken away in FIG. 2.

As the carton blanks are initially folded up by the arms 40, it is possible that a few would tend to buckle up in the middle instead of folding as illustrated. To insure against this a support member 46 having a plurality of finger-like thrust members 47 is provided. The member 46 is pivoted at 48 and actuated in timed relation to the actuation of the member 38 through the link 49. Link 49 is also actuated in timed relation to the feeding of the carton and the actuation of the carton erecting member 38 by a cam 145 on the shaft 33. (See FIG. 2.) Cam 145 elevates the support member 46 and the fingers 47 to about 45 as shown by the dotted position 478 in FIG. 11 and bows the partially erected blank to assure that the blank folds in the correct direction under the influence of the folding arms 40. The fingers 47 stop as shown in FIGFIZ but the arms 40 continue to upright position to complete the erection of the carton and to back-up the carton during the folding of the cell members as will be described.

As has been pointed out, the embodiment of applicants invention is designed for erecting of cellular cartons which not only include the horizontal cell members 9 and 12 but also include the cell member '14 which is struck out from or formed integrally with the top wall member 9 and the strut members 15 and 16 which are struck out from or are portions of the cell member 12. These parts are shown in erected position in FIG. 13, the carton being completely erected ready for discharge as shown in that figure.

As stated, the embodiment of the applicants invention illustrated is adapted for erecting egg cartons of the type illustrated in which the cell and supporting parts 14, 15 and 16 are portions of the members 9 and 12 and are hingedly connected to the members 9 and 12. by score lines. Opposed pairs of these cell members 14 are prior to erecting fracturably connected to each other as is indicated by dotted lines at 50, see FIG. 16. The lower cell and the strut members 15 and 16 are also fracturably connected in the middle support member or wall 12. This is a desirable although not an essential feature as it prevents these cell parts from getting out of alignment with the members and 12 during manufacturing steps and stacking of the carton and the feeding thereof to the erecting mechanism.

With the cartons erected to the position shown in FIG. 12 they are supported in operating relation to the means for erecting the transverse cells. It is a very desirable feature of applicants invention that the parts of the cartons are not distorted during this cell erection and support members 51 and 52 are provided for the carton members 9 and 12. These support members are projected transversely into the carton prior to the cell members 14, 15 and 16 being erected. The members 51 and 52 which are spaced to receive the member 12 between them are mounted on the slideways 54. The slides 53 are actuated by the arms 55 pivotally mounted on brackets I5Gat 57 and connected to the slides by the links 155, see

The actuating means for these slides 53 include the member 58 which is pivotally mounted on the housing at 59 and has oppositely projecting arms, the downwardly pro ecting arm being connected by the link 60 to one of the arms 55 and the other arm of the member 58 being connected by the link 61 to the other arm 55. The member 58 is connected to be driven by the cam 35 by the ing means is illustrated in FIG. 8 and see the fragmentary plan view, FIG. 9, and the vertical fragmentary cross sectional View, FIG. 10. The support for these transverse cell erecting members comprises the bottom member 63 mounted on frame members 64, the top member 65 and the end frame members 66. The pairs of coacting cell erecting members 67 and 68 have pivot portions 69 pivotally mounted on the members 63 and 65.

Attention is directed to FIG. 9 in which one pair of shoes ts a these cell erecting members and the support members 51 and 52 are illustrated in actuated position by dotted lines. These cell erecting members 67 and 63 overlap when they are in retracted position and are generally conformed to the shape of the particular transverse cell members of the carton illustrated. it will be appreciated that different shapes and arrangements of cell members 14, 15 and 16 can be accommodated by changing the shape or contour of the members 67 and 68.

These cell erecting members are provided with toothed lugs 74 which coact with the toothed racks '71 which are fixed to the slide 73 and are slidably supported on the member as which is a fixed part as has been described.

The slide 73 is connected by the flexible member 74 to the actuating member 75 which is pivotally mounted on the upwardly projecting brackets 76. The member 75 is provided with an arm '77 at one end having a slot 78 therein with which the coupling member '79 on the vertically reciprocating rod 80 is engaged. The member 80 is engaged at its lower end to the member 81 which is pivoted at 82 and urged into engagement with the actuating cam 34 by the spring 84. The cam 34 thus drives the slide 73 in timed relation to the other parts. A crank 134 on the outer end of the shaft 33 actuates the connecting rod 135 to oscillate the crank 13:? on the previously described rock shaft 31 to actuate the carton blank feed.

When the member 73 is actuated the cell erecting members are all simultaneously actuated.

With the actuation of the transverse cell erecting members 67 and 68, the cell member supports 14, 15 and 16 are swung or folded transversely to the cell members 9 and 12 as shown in FIGS. 13 and 15 and the carton is completely erected. Alternate support members 14 have projecting tongues which are interlocked in notches in the lower cell member 12 to fold down and hold lower support members 16 erected as is more particularly disclosed in Annen Pat nt 2,959,736. The erected carton is then discharged by the carton feed means described on to the discharge conveyor, designated generally by the numeral 85, which is of such length as to receive a plurality of erected cartons as is conventionally illustrated at 86. As will be noted from FIG. 10, the carton erecting arms 44? retract to below the level of the bottom of the erected carton so that the forward lugs 27 on the carton feed slide members 25 can push the erected carton off of the support rails 23. The lugs 27 on the feed conveyor members 25 engage the notches at the rear edge of the cover of the erected carton as the rear lugs 26 pick up a succeeding blank. Forward motion of the feed conveyors thus off-feeds a fully set up carton and introduces a new blank to the erecting mechanism. The bottom of the slideway 87 has a slot therein through which the propelling finger 88 which is mounted on the sprocket chain 89 projects. This sprocket chain is driven by the sprocket 9t and is supported at its other end by the sprocket 91. sprocket 94) is connected by the drive chain 92 to a driven sprocket 3, indicated by dotted lines in FIG. 3, and is driven in timed relation to the other operating parts, the primary object of this delivery means being to permit bunching of a plurality of erected cartons prior to movement of the bunch by finger S8 for convenience in handling.

The sides of the discharge way are provided with springable carton engaging members 94 of substantial length which act to hold the cartons in their erected side wise position as they are advanced on the receiving conveyor.

Only one member 94 appears in FIGS. 1, 3 and 7 but the opposed side of the way has a duplicate. As the erected cartons are discharged onto the receiving conveyor they are discharged with the succeeding cartons overlapping the top portions 7 of the previously discharged cartons and that results in their somewhat stepped relation, as is conventionally illustrated in FIG. 1, and

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positions them for convenient grasping of a plurality of cartons.

It will be appreciated that the cartons are conventionally illustrated in FIG. 1, a group of five cartons being illustrated. Two erected cartons are indicated in FIG. 3. This is mentioned to avoid confusion.

We have illustrated and described an embodiment of our invention particularly designed for erecting egg cartons. However, we desire to again state that certain features of our invention are well adapted for other uses in cellular cartons than egg cartons, for example light bulbs and the like, and the number of cells may be greatly varied. The structure illustrated is designed for erecting car-tons having twelve cells.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A machine for erecting collapsible cartons which include a bottom, front and rear walls hingedtly connected to the bottom, cell members, and a cover connected to and which extends from the rear wall in substantially the plane thereof when the carton is collapsed, a hopper adapted to receive a stack of the collapsed cartons with the rear walls thereof disposed downwardly and the covers projecting rearwardly, a slideway including a plurality of laterally spaced way members extending below and constituting a bottom for said hopper and projecting forwardly therefrom, said way members being provided with work supporting rollers disposed below the hopper, the bottom of the hopper being spaced from said way members permitting single discharge of the cartons from the hopper, a'reciprooatingly mounted feed member slidably associated with said way members and provided with front and rear carton engaging lugs spaced to receive the body portions of a carton between them when the feed member is in retracted position, means for erecting the carton walls and cells disposed to receive cartons from said feed member and actuated in timed relation to the actuation thereof, the front lug on said feed member engaging the cover of an erected carton on the feed stroke of the feed member to eject it from said carton erecting means, and a discharge conveyor disposed forwardly of said carton erecting means and to which the erected cartons are discharged by said feed member with the cover remaining in open position, said discharge conveyor including elongated oppositely disposed yielding means which frictionally engage the ends of the cartons and support them so that body portions of erected cartons are positioned in overlapping relation to cover portions of preceding cartons on said discharge conveyor, said discharge conveyor including translating means provided with a flight timed relative to the actuation of said carton erecting means so that the erected cartons are conveyed on said discharge conveyor in groups.

2. A machine for erecting collapsible cartons which include a bottom, front and rear walls hingedly connected to the bottom, cell members, and a cover connected to and which extends from the rear Wall in substantially the plane thereof when the carton is collapsed, a hopper. adapted to receive a stack of the collapsed cartons with the rear walls thereof disposed downwardly and the covers projecting rearwardly, a slideway, the bot-.

tom of the hopper being spaced from said slideway petrmitting single discharge of the cartons from the hopper, a reciproca-tingly mounted feed member slidably associated with said slideway and provided with front and rear carton engaging lugs spaced to receive the body portions of a carton between them when the feed member is in retracted position, the rearmost lug being positioned to engage a carton when the feed member is in retracted posit-ion, means for erecting the carton walls and cells dis posed to receive cartons from said feed member and actuated in timed relation to the actuation thereof, the front lug on said feed member engaging an erected carton on the feed stroke of the feed member to eject it from said carton erecting means, and a discharge conveyor disposed forwardly of said carton erecting means and to which the erected cartons are discharged by said feed member with the cover remaining in open position, said discharge conveyor including elongated oppositely disposed yielding means which frictionally engage the ends of the cartons and support them so that body portions of erected cartons are postioned in overlapping relation to cover portions of preceding cartons on said discharge conveyor, said discharge conveyor including translating means provided with a flight timed relative to the actuation of said carton erecting means so that the erected cartons are conveyed on said discharge conveyor in groups.

3. A machine for erecting collapsible cartons which include a bottom, front and rear walls hingedly connected to the bottom, cell members, and a cover connected to and which extends from the rear wall in substantially the plane thereof when the carton is collapsed, a hopper adapted to receive a stack of the collapsed cartons with the rear walls thereof disposed downwardly and the covers projecting rearwardly, a slideway including a plurality of laterally spaced way members extending below and constituting a bottom for said hopper and projecting forwardly therefrom, said way members being provided with work supporting rollers disposed below the hopper, the bottom of the hopper being spaced from said way members permitting single discharge of the cartons from the hopper, a reciprocatingly mounted feed member slidably associated with said way members and provided with front and rear carton engaging lugs spaced to receive the body portions of a carton between them when the feed member is in retracted position, the rearmost lug being positioned to engage a carton when the feed member is in retracted position, and means for erecting the carton walls and cells disposed to receive cartons from said feed member and actuated in timed relation to the actuation thereof, the front lug on said feed member engaging an erected carton on the feed stroke of the feed member to eject it from said carton erecting means.

4. A machine for erecting collapsible cartons which include a bottom, front and rear walls hingedly connected to the bottom, cell members, and a cover connected to and which extends from the rear wall in substantially the plane thereof when the carton is collapsed, a hopper adapted to receive a stack of the collapsed cartons with the rear walls thereof disposed downwardly and the covers projecting rearwardly, a slideway, the bottom of the hopper being spaced from said slideway permitting single discharge of the cartons from the hopper, a reciprocatingly mounted feed member slidably associated with said slideway and provided with front and rear carton engaging lugs spaced to receive the body portions of a carton between them when the feed member is in retracted position, the rearmost lug being positioned to engage a carton when the feed member is in retracted position, and means for erecting the carton walls and cells disposed to receive cartons from said feed member and actuated in timed relation to the actuation thereof, the front lug on said feed member engaging an erected carton on the feed stroke of the feed member to eject it from said carton erecting means.

5. A machine for erecting collapsible catons which include a bottom, front and rear walls hingedly connected to the bottom, cell members, and a cover connected to and which extends from the rear wall in substantially the plane thereof when the carton is collapsed, a hopper adapted to receive a stack of the collapsed cartons with the rear walls thereof disposed downwardly and the covers projecting rearwardly, a slideway, said slideway being provided with work supporting rollers disposed below the'hopper, the bottom of the hopper being spaced from said slideway permitting single discharge of the cartons from the hopper, a reciprocatingly mounted feed member slidably associated with said slideway and provided with lugs spaced to receive the body portions of a car-ton between them when the feed member is in, retracted position,

one lug being positioned to engage a carton when the feed member is in retracted position, means for erecting the carton walls and cells disposed to receive cantons from said feed member and actuated in timed relation to the actuation thereof, the other lug on said feed member being positioned to engage an erected carton on the feed stroke of the feed member to eject it from said car-ton erecting means, and a discharge conveyor disposed to receive cartons from said carton erecting means discharged by said feed member with the cover remaining in open position, said discharge conveyor including means which engage the ends of the erected cartons and support them so that body portions of erected cartons are positioned in overlapping relation to cover portions of preceding cartons on said discharge conveyor.

6. A machine for erecting collapsible car-tons which include a bottom, front and rear walls hingedly connected to the bottom, cell members, and a cover connected to and which extends from the rear wall in substantially the plane thereof when the carton is collapsed, a hopper adapted to receive a stack of the collapsed cartons with the rear walls thereof disposed downwardly and the covers projecting rearwardly, a slideway, said slideway being provided with work supporting rollers disposed below the hopper, the bottom of the hopper being spaced from said slideway permitting single discharge of the carons from the hopper, a reciprocatingly mounted feed member slidably associated with said slideway and provided with lugs spaced to receive the body portions of a carton between them when the feed member is in retracted position, one lug being positioned to engage a carton when the feed member is in retracted position, means for erecting the carton walls and cells disposed to receive cartons from said feed member and actuated in timed relation to the actuation thereof, and the other lug on said feed member being positioned to engage an erected carton on the feed stroke of the feed member to eject it from said carton erecting means.

7.A machine for erecting collapsible cartons which have covers integral therewith, comprising a hopper adapted to receive a stack of the collapsed cartons, a slideway including a plurality of laterally spaced way members I extending below and constituting a bottom for said hopper and projecting forwardly therefrom, said way members being provided with work supporting rollers disposed below the hopper, the bottom of the hopper being spaced from said slideway permitting discharge of the cartons from theihopper singly, a reciprocatingly mounted feed member slidably associated with said Way members and provided with front and rear carton engaging elements spaced to receive the body portions of a carton between them when the feed member is in retracted position, the rear carton engaging element being positioned to engage a bottom carton in said hopper when the feed member is in retracted position, means for erecting the carton disposed to receive cartons from said feed member and actuated in timed relation to the actuation thereof, the front carton engaging element on said feed member engaging an erected carton on the feed stroke of the feed member to eject it from said carton erecting means, and a discharge conveyor disposed forwardly of said carton erecting means and to which the erected cartons are discharged by said feed member with the cover remaining in open position, said discharge conveyor including translating means provided with a flight timed relative to the actuation of said carton erecting means so that the erected cartons are conveyed on said discharge conveyor in groups.

8. A machine for erecting collapsible cartons which have covers integral therewith, comprising a hopper adapted to receive a stack of the collapsed cartons, a slideway extending below and constituting a bottom for said hopper and projecting forwardly therefrom, the bottom of the hopper being spaced from said slideway permitting discharge of the cartons from the hopper singly, a rec-iprocatingly mounted feed member slida-bly associated with said slideway and provided with front and rear carton engaging elements spaced to receive the body portions of a carton between them when the feed member is in retracted position, the rear carton engaging element being positioned to engage a bottom carton in said hopper when the feed member is in retracted position, means for erecting the "carton disposed to receive cartons from said feed member and actuated in timed relation to the actuation thereof, the front carton engaging element on said feed member engaging an erected carton on the feed stroke of the feed member to eject it from said carton erecting means, and a discharge conveyor disposed forwardly of said carton erecting means and to which the erected cartons are discharged by said feed member with the cover remaining in open position, said discharge conveyor including translating means provided with a flight timed relative to the actuation of said carton erecting means so that the erected cartons are conveyed on said discharge conveyor in groups.

9. A machine for erecting collapsible cartons comprising a hopper adapted to receive a stack of the collapsed cartons, a slideway including a plurality of laterally spaced Way members extending below and constituting a bottom for said hopper and projecting forwardly therefrom, said way members being provided with work supporting rollers disposed below the hopper, the bottom of the hopper being spaced from said slideway permitting discharge of the cartons from the hopper singly, a reciprocatingly mounted feed member slidably associated with said Way members and provided with front and rear carton engaging elements spaced to receive the body portions of -a carton between them when the feed member is in retracted position, the rear carton engaging element being positioned to engage a bottom carton in said hopper when the feed member is in retracted position, and means for erecting the carton disposed to receive cartons from said feed member and actuated in timed relation to the actuation thereof and being in thrust supporting engagement with a carton during erection thereof, the front carton engaging element on said feed member engaging an erected carton on the feed stroke of the feed member to eject it from said carton erecting means.

10. A machine for erecting collapsible cartons, comprising a hopper adapted to receive a stack of the collapsed cartons, a slideway extending below and constituting a bottom for said hopper and projecting for.- wardly therefrom, the bottom of the hopper being spaced from said slideway permitting discharge of the cartons from the hopper singly, a reoiprocatingly mounted feed member slidably associated with said slideway and provided with front and rear carton engaging elements spaced to receive the body portions of a carton betweenthem when the feed member is in retracted position, the rear carton engaging element being positioned to engage a bottom carton in said hopper when the feed member is in retracted position, means for erecting the carton disposed to receive cartons from said feed member and actuated in timed relation to the actuation thereof and being in thrust supporting engagement with a carton during erection thereof, the trout carton engaging element on said feed member engaging an erected carton on the feed stroke of the feed member to eject it from said carton erecting means.

11. A machine for erecting collapsible cartons which include covers integral therewith comprising a slideway, a reciprocating car-ton feed member operatively associated with said slideway to translate collapsed cartons and provided with carton engaging members spaced to receive the body portions of the cartons between them when the feed member is in retracted position, means for erecting said carton disposed to receive the cartons from said feed member and actuated in timed relation to the actuation thereof and being in thrust supporting engagement with a carton during erection thereof, the front 10 carton engaging member on said feed member engaging an erected carton on the stroke of the feed member to eject it from said carton erecting means, and a discharge conveyor disposed forwardly of said carton erecting means and to which the erected cartons are discharged by said feed conveyor and the cover thereof remaining in open position, the discharge conveyor having carton translating means timed relative to the actuation of said carton erecting means so that the erected cartons are conveyed on said discharge conveyor in groups.

12. A machine for erecting collapsible cartons which include covers integral therewith comprising a slideway, a reciprocating carton feed member operatively associated with said slideway to translate collapsed cartons and provided with carton engaging members spaced to receive the body portions of the cartons between them when the fee-d member is in retracted position, carton erecting means disposed to receive the cartons from said feed member and actuated in timed relation to the actuation thereof, the front carton engaging member on said feed member engaging an erected carton on the stroke of the feed member to eject it from said carton erecting means.

'13. A machine for erecting collapsible cartons which include covers integral therewith comprising a slideway, a reciprocating cart-on fee-d member operatively associated with said slideway to translate collapsed cartons and provided with carton engaging members spaced to receive the body portions of the cartons between them when the feed member is in retracted position, and carton erecting means disposed to receive the cartons from said feed member and actuated in timed relation to the actuation thereof, the rear carton engaging member on said feed member constituting a thrust abutment for the carton and initially constituting an abutment for supporting the carton while it is being erected by said carton erecting means, said carton feed member constituting means for ejecting the carton from said carton erecting means.

14. A machine for erecting collapsible cartons which include covers integral therewith comprising, a slideway, a vreciprocating carton feed member operatively associated with said slideway .to trans-late collapsed cartons and provided with carton engaging members spaced to receive the body portions of the cartons between them when the feed member is in retracted position, and carton erecting means disposed to receive the cartons from said feed member and actuated in timed relation to the actuation thereof, the rear carton engaging member on said feed member constituting a thrust abutment for the carton and constituting an abut-ment for initially sup porting the carton while it is being erected by said carton erecting means.

15. A machine for erecting cartons including a bottom, front and rear walls, a cover extending from the rear Wall, vertically spaced horizontal cell members connected to the front and rear Walls and combined strut and transverse cell members struck out from said horizontal cell members and constituting struts when the carton is in erected position, a hopper adapted to'receive a stack of the'coilapsed cartons with the rear wall and cover thereof disposed downwardly, a slideway constituting the bottom for the hopper and projecting therefrom, areciprocatingly actuated feed member slidably associated with said slideway and provided with lugs spaced to receive the body portion of a carton between them when the feed member is in retracted position, carton erecting means comprising a carton body erecting member mounted for pivotal swinging adjustmenttransversely of the path of travel of the carton translated by said feed member, said carton body erecting member including a plurality of laterally spaced carton receiving and supporting arms provided with parallel faces and having inwardly facing lugs adapted to receive the edge of a partially collapsed carton as the cart-on is being erected, a pivotally mounted complementary carton support member actuated in timed relation to saidcarto-n body erecting member and includ- 7 said support arms, means for erecting the transverse strut and cell members of the carton comprising transversely reciprocatingly mounted pairs of support members spaced to receive the inner of said horizontal cell members between them and actuated in timed relation to said carton wall erecting means and while the carton is supported by said support a-rms, means disposed in facing relation to the carton so erected for erecting the transverse strut and cell members thereof and comprising coacting pairs of interlapping cell folding members mounted on vertical pivots to swing oppositely and to and from cell erecting position, said pairs of'pivoted cell folding members being provided with toothed lugs, a second slideway disposed in vertically spaced relation to said carton slideway and spaced therefrom to permit the passage of collapsed cartons therebetween, an actuating member common to all of said transverse cell erecting means mounted on said second slideway and provided with toothed racks coacting with said lugs on said cell folding members, and means for actuating said carton feed, carton body erecting and supporting means and transverse cell erecting means in timed relation.

16. A machine for erecting cartons including a bottom, front and rear walls, a cover extending from the rear wall, vertically spaced horizontal cell members connected to the front and rear walls and combined strut and transverse cell members struck out from said horizontal cell members and constituting struts when the carton is in erected position, a hopper adapted to receive a stack of the collapsed cartons with the rear wall and cover thereof disposed downwardly, a slideway constituting the bottom for the hopper and projecting therefrom, a reciproca-tingly actuated feed member slidably associated with said slideway and provided with lugs spaced to receive the body portion of a carton between them when the feed member ise in retracted position, carton wall erecting means comprising a carton body erecting member mounted for pivotal swinging adjustment transversely of the path of travel of the carton translated by said feed memher and upon which the cartons are positioned by said feed member, means for erecting the transverse strut and cell members of the carton comprising transversely reciprocatingly mounted pairs of support members spaced to receive the inner of said horizontal cell members between them and actuated in timed relation to said carton wall erecting means and While the carton is supported by said carton erecting members, means disposed in facing relation to the cartonso erected and comprising meeting pairs of interlapping cell members mounted on vertical pivots to swing oppositely and to and from cell erecting position, said pairs of pivoted cell members being provided with toothed lugs, a second slideway disposed in vertically spaced relation to said carton slideway and spaced therefrom to permit the passage of collapsed cartons therebetween, an actuating member common to all of said transverse cell erecting means mounted on said second slideway and provided with toothed racks coacting with said lugs on said cell erecting members, and means for actuating said carton feed, carton body erecting and transverse cell erecting means in timed relation.

17. A machine for erecting cartons including a bottom, front and rear walls, a cover extending from the rear wall, vertically spaced horizontal cell members connected to the front and rear walls and combined strut and transverse cell members struck out from said horizontal cell members and constituting struts when the carton is in erected position, a hopper adapted to receive a stack of the collapsed cartons with the rear wall and cover thereof disposed downwardly, a slideway constituting the bottom for the hopper and projecting therefrom, a reciprocatingly actuated feed member slidably associated with said slideway and provided with lugs spaced to receive the body portion of a carton between them when the feed member is in retracted position, carton erecting means comprising a carton body erecting member mounted for pivotal swinging adjustment transversely of the path of travel of the carton translated by said feed member, said carton body erecting member including a plurality of laterally spaced carton receiving and supporting arms provided with parallel faces and having inwardly facing lugs adapted to receive the edge of a partially collapsed carton body during erection by said supporting arms, a pivotally mounted complementary carton support member actuated in timed relation to said carton body erecting member and including a plurality of transversely spaced fingers which supportingly engage the bottom of the cart-on body blank during initial erection of the carton.

18. A machine for erecting cantons including a bottom, front and rear walls, a cover extending from the rear wall, vertically spaced horizontal cell members connected to the front and rear walls and combined strut and transverse cell members struck out from said horizontal cell members and constituting struts when the carton is in erected position, a hopper adapted to receive a stack of the collapsed cartons with the rear wall and cover thereof disposed downwardly, a slideway constituting the bottom for the hopper and projecting therefrom, a reciprocatingly actuated feed member slidably associated with.

swing oppositely and to and from cell erecting position, a

said pairs of pivoted cell members being provided with toothed lugs, a second slideway disposed in vertically spaced relation to said carton slideway and spaced therefrom to permit the passage of collapsed cartons therebetween, an actuating member common to all of said transverse cell erecting means mounted on said second slideway and provided with toothed racks coasting with said lugs on said cell erecting members, and means for actuating said carton feed, carton body erecting and supporting means and transverse cell erecting means in timed relation. i

19. A machine for erecting cartons which include a bottom, front and rear walls, a cover extending from the rear wall, vertically spaced horizontal cell members connected to the front and rear Walls and combined strut and transverse cell members integral with said horizontal cell members and constituting struts when the carton is in erected position, a slideway for the collapsed cartons,

a carton feed member operatively associated with said slideway, carton erecting means comprising a carton body erecting member mounted for swinging adjustment trans-' versely of the path of travel of the carton translated by said feed member and to which the collapsed cartons are delivered by said feed member, said carton body erecting member including a plurality of laterally spaced carton erecting and supporting arms provided with parallel faces, a pivotally mounted complementary carton support member actuated in timed relation to said carton body erecting member and including a plurality of transversely spaced units which supportingly engage the bottom of the erected body during initial motion of said erecting and support arms, means for erecting the transverse strut and cell members of the carton comprising transversely reciprocatingly mounted pairs of support members spaced to receive the inner of said horizontal cell members between them and actuated in timed relation to said carton wall erecting means, means disposed in facing relation to the carton so erected for erecting the transverse strut and cell members thereof comprising coacting pairs of cell erecting members mounted on vertical pivots to swing oppositely and to and from cell erecting position, said cell erecting members being provided with toothed lugs, a reciprocatingly mounted actuating member common to all of said transverse cell erecting means and provided with toothed racks coacting with said lugs on said cell erecting members, and means for actuating said carton feed, carton body erecting and supporting means and transverse cell erecting means in timed relation.

20. A machine for erecting cartons which include a bottom, front and rear walls, a cover extending from the rear wall, vertically spaced horizontal cell member's connected to the front and rear walls and combined strut and transverse cell members integral with said horizontal cell members and constituting struts when the carton is in erected position, a slideway for the collapsed cartons, a carton feed member operatively associated with said slideway, carton erecting means comprising a carton body erecting member mounted for swinging adjustment transersely of the path of travel of the carton translated by said feed member and to which the collapsed cartons are delivered by said feed member, means for erecting the transverse strut and cell members of the carton comprising transversely reciprocatingly mounted pairs of support members spaced to receive the inner of said horizontal cell members between them and actuated in timed relation to said carton wall erecting means, means disposed in facing relation to the carton so erected comprising coacting pairs of cell erecting members mounted on vertical pivots to swing oppositely and to and from cell erecting position, said cell erecting members being provided with toothed lugs, a reciprocatingly mounted actuating member common to all of said transverse cell erecting means and provided with toothed racks co-acting with said lugs on said cell erecting members, and means for actuating said carton feed, carton body erecting and supporting means and transverse cell erecting means in timed relation.

21. A machine for erecting cartons which include a bottom, front and rear walls, a cover extending from the rear wall, vertically spaced horizontal cell members connected to the front and rear Walls and transverse cell members integral with said horizontal cell members and constituting struts When the carton is in erected position, a slideway for the collapsed cartons, a carton feed member operatively associated with said slideway, carton erecting means comprising a carton body erecting member mounted for swinging adjustment transversely of the path of travel of the carton translated by said feed member and to which the collapsed cartons are delivered by said teed member, said carton body erecting member including a plurality of laterally spaced carton supporting arms provided with parallel faces and having inwardly facing lugs adapted to receive the edge of a collapsed carton body during erection of the body, a pivotally mounted complementary carton support member actuated in timed relation to said carton body erecting member and including a plurality of tnansversely spaced units which initially supportingly engage the bottom of the body during erection by said supporting arms, means disposed in facing relation to the carton so erected for erecting the transverse strut and cell members thereof comprising coacting pairs of cell erecting members mounted on vertical pivots to swing oppositely and to and from cell erecting position, said cell erecting members being provided with toothed lugs, a reciprocatingly mounted actuating member common to all of said transverse cell erecting means and provided with toothed racks coacting with said lugs on said cell erecting members, and means for actuating said carton feed, carton body member erecting and supporting means and transverse cell erecting means in timed relation.

22. A machine for erecting cartons which include a id bottom, front and rear Walls, a cover extending from the rear wall, vertically spaced horizontal cell members connected to the front and rear walls and combined strut and transverse cell members integral with said horizontal cell members and constituting struts when the carton is in erected position comprising, a slideway for the collapsed cartons, a carton feed member operatively associated with said slideway, carton erecting means comprising a carton body erecting member mounted for swinging adjustment transversely of the path of travel of the carton translated by said feed member and to which the collapsed cartons are delivered by said feed member, means disposed in facing relation to the carton so erected for erecting the transverse strut and cell member-s thereof comprising coacting pairs of cell erecting members mounted on pivots disposed transversely tosaid slideway to swing oppositely and to and from cell erecting position, said cell erecting members being provided with toothed lugs, a reciprocatingly mounted actuating member common to all of said transverse cell erecting means and provided with toothed racks coacting with said lugs on said cell erecting members, and means for actuating said carton feed, carton body erecting and supporting means and transverse cell erecting means in timed relation.

23. A machine for erecting cartons which include a bottom, front and rear walls, a cover extending from the rear wall, vertically spaced horizontal cell members connected to the front and rear walls and combined strut and transverse cell members integral with said horizontal cell members and constituting stints when the carton is in erected position comprising, a slideway for the collapsed cartons, a carton feed member operatively associated with said slidewa, a carton erecting means comprising a carton body erecting member mounted for swinging adjustment transversely of'the path of travel of the carton translated by said feed member and to which the collapsed cartons are delivered by said feed member, said carton body erecting member including a plurality of laterally spaced carton supporting arms provided with parallel faces and having inwardly facing lugs adapted to receive the edge of a collapsed carton body during erection of the carton body, a pivotally mounted complementary carton support member actuated in timed relation to said carton body erecting member and includ-' ing a plurality of transversely spaced units which supportingly engage the bottom of the body, means for erecting the transverse strut and cell members of the carton comprising transversely reciprocatingly mounted pairs of support members spaced to receive the inner of said horizontal cell members between them and actuated in timed relation to said carton wall erecting means, means disposed in facing relation to the carton so erected for erecting the transverse strut and cell members thereof comprising coacting pairs of cell erecting members mounted on pivots disposed transversely to said slideway to swing oppositely and to and from cell erecting position actuated in timed relation to said body erecting means.

24. A machine for'erecting'oartons which include a bottom, front and rear walls, a cover extending from the rear wall, vertically spaced horizontal cell members vconnected to the front and rear walls and combined strut and transverse cell members integral with said horizontal cell members and constituting struts when the carton is in erected position comprising, a slideway for the collapsed cartons, a carton fed member operatively associated with said slideway, carton erecting means comprising a carton body erecting member mounted for swinging adjustment transversely of the path of travel of the carton translated by said feed member and to which the collapsed cartons are delivered by said feed member, means 'for erecting the transverse strut and cell members of the carton comprising reciprocatingly mounted pairs of support members spaced to receive the inner of said horizontail-cell members between them and actuated in timed elation to said carton wall erecting means, and means disposed in facing relation to the carton so erected for erecting the transverse strut and cell members thereof comprising coacting pairs of cell erecting members mounted on pivots disposed transversely to said slideway to swing oppositely and to and from cell erecting position actuated in timed relation to said body erecting means.

25. A machine for erecting cartons which include a bottom, front and rear walls, a cover extending from the rear wall, vertically spaced horizontal cell members connected to the front and rear walls and transverse cell members integral with said horizontal cell members and constituting struts when the canton is in erected position comprising, a slideway for the collapsed cartons, a carton feed member operatively associated with said slideway, carton erecting means comprising a carton body erecting member mounted for swinging adjustment transversely of the path of travel of the carton translated by said feed member and to which the collapsed cartons are delivered by said feed member, said carton body erecting member including a plurality of laterally spaced carton supporting arms provided with parallel faces and having inwardly facing lugs adapted to receive the edge of a collapsed carton body during erection of the carton, a pivota-lly mounted complementary carton support member actuated in timed relation to said carton body erecting member and including a plurality of transversely spaced units which supportedly engage the bottom of the body during erection, and means disposed in facing relation to the carton so erected for erecting the transverse strut and cell members thereof comprising coacting pairs of cell erecting members mounted on pivots disposed transversely to said slideway to swing oppositely and to and from cell erecting position and actuated in timed relation to said body erecting means.

26. A machine for erecting cartons which include a bottom, front and rear walls, a cover extending from the rear wall, vertically spaced horizontal cell members connected to the front and rear walls and transverse cell members integral with said horizontal cell members and constituting struts when the carton is in erected position, a slideway for the collapsed cartons, a carton feed member operatively associated with said slidew-ay, carton erecting means comprising a carton body erecting mem- -ber mounted for swinging adjustment transversely of the path of travel of the carton translated by said feed mem- .ber and to which the collapsed cartons are delivered by said feed member, and means disposed in facing relation to the carton so erected for erecting the transverse strut and cell members thereof comprising coacting pairs of cell erecting members mounted on vertical pivots to swing oppositely and to and from cell erecting position actuated 'in timed relation to said body erecting means.

27. A machine for erecting cartons including a bottom, front and rear walls, vertically spaced horizontal cell members connected to the front and rear walls, and

'pivotally mounted carton support member actuated in timed relation to said body erecting member and includ ing a plurality of spaced finger-like members which supportedly engage the bottom of the carton body intermediate said arms of said body erecting member, means for erecting the transverse cell members comprising a support member transversely reciprooatingly mounted and which when actuated supportedly engages the hori zontal cell members, and cell erecting means disposed in facin g relation to the carton so erected and supported for erecting the transverse cell members thereof.

28. A machine for erecting cartons including a bottom, front and rear walls, vertical-1y spaced horizontal cell members connected to the front and rear walls, and transverse cell members integral with the horizontal cell members comprising, a carton body erecting member mounted for swinging movement and having stops for a partially erected carton disposed thereon, means for feeding cartons in collapsed position to said erecting member singly and in timed relation to the actuation thereof, means for erecting the transverse cell members comprising a support member reciprocating-1y mounted and which when actuated supportedly engages the horizontal cell members of the carton, and cell erecting means disposed in facing relation to the carton so erected and supported for erecting the transverse cell members thereof on both sides of said support member.

29. A machine for erecting cartons including a bottom, front and rear walls, vertically spaced horizontal cell members connected to the front and rear walls, and transverse cell members integral with the horizontal cell members comprising a carton body erecting member mounted for pivotal swinging movement and including a plurality of laterally spaced carton supporting arms pro vided with parallel faces and having lugs at their outer ends adapted to receive the edges of a collapsed carton disposed on said body erecting member, means for feeding cartons in collapsed position to said erecting member singly and in timed relation to the actuation thereof, a pivot-ally mounted carton support member actuated in timed relation to said body erecting member and including a plurality of spaced linger-like members which supportedly engage the bottom of the carton body intermediate said arms of said body erecting member, and cell erecting means disposed in facing relation to the carton so erected and supported for erecting the transverse cell members thereof. 30. A machine for erecting cartons including a bottom, front and rear walls, vertically spaced horizontal cell members connected to the front and rear Walls, and transverse cell members integral with the horizontal cell members comprising a carton body erecting member mounted for swinging movement and having stops for a partially erected carton disposed thereon, means for feeding cartons in collapsed position to said erecting member singly and in timed relation to the actuation thereof, and cell erecting means disposed in facing relation to the carton so erected and supported for erecting the transverse cell members thereof.

31. A machine for erecting cartons including a bottom, i-de walls, and partition elements, a carton wall erecting member mounted for pivotal swinging movement and including a plurality of laterally spaced carton supporting arms having lugs at their outer ends adapted to receive the edge of a collapsed carton disposed thereon, means for feeding cartons in collapsed position to said erectingmeans singly and in timed relation to the actuation thereof, a pivotally mounted carton support member actuated in timed relation to said body erecting member :and includingbo-ttom supporting members engaging the bottom centrally thereof, and partition erecting elements disposed in facing relation to the carton when so erected and supported and actuated in timed relation to the actuasupporting arms having lugs at their outer ends adapted to receive the edge of a collapsed carton disposed thereon, a pivotallymiounted carton support member actuated in timed relation to said body erecting member and including bottom supporting members engaging the bottom centrally thereof during erection by said arms, and partition erecting elements disposed in facing relation to the carton when so erected and supported and actuated in timed relation to the actuation of said body erecting and supporting means.

33. A machine for erecting cartons including a bottom, side Walls, and partition elements comprising, a carton wall erecting member mounted for pivotal swinging movement and including a plurality of laterally spaced carton supporting arms having lugs at their outer ends adapted to receive the edge of a partially erected carton disposed thereon during erection, means for feeding cartons in collapsed position to said erecting means singly and in timed relation to the actuation thereof, and partition erecting elements disposed in facing relation to the carton when so erected and supported and actuated in timed relation to the actuation of said body erecting means.

34. A machine for erecting cartons including a bottom, side walls, and partition elements comprising, a carton wall erecting member mounted for pivotal swinging movement and including a plurality of laterally spaced carton supporting arms, and partition erecting elements disposed in facing [relation to the team-ton when so erected and supported and actuated in timed relation to the actuation of said body erecting means.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,451,213 Gollwitzer Oct. 12, 1948 2,699,710 Vahle Jan. 18, 1955 2,700,922 Jordan Feb. 1, 1955 2,720,143 Inman Oct. 11, 1955 2,996,960 Hulley Aug. 22, 1961 

15. A MACHINE FOR ERECTING CARTONS INCLUDING A BOTTOM, FRONT AND REAR WALLS, A COVER EXTENDING FROM THE REAR WALL, VERTICALLY SPACED HORIZONTAL CELL MEMBERS CONNECTED TO THE FRONT AND REAR WALLS AND COMBINED STRUT AND TRANSVERSE CELL MEMBERS STRUCK OUT FROM SAID HORIZONTAL CELL MEMBERS AND CONSTITUTING STRUTS WHEN THE CARTON IS IN ERECTED POSITION, A HOPPER ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A STACK OF THE COLLAPSED CARTONS WITH THE REAR WALL AND COVER THEREOF DISPOSED DOWNWARDLY, A SLIDEWAY CONSTITUTING THE BOTTOM FOR THE HOPPER AND PROJECTING THERFROM, A RECIPROCATINGLY ACTUATED FEED MEMBER SLIDABLY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SLIDEWAY AND PROVIDED WITH LUGS SPACED TO RECEIVE THE BODY PORTION OF A CARTON BETWEEN THEM WHEN THE FEED MEMBER IS IN RETRACTED POSITION, CARTON ERECTING MEANS COMPRISING A CARTON BODY ERECTING MEMBER MOUNTED FOR PIVOTAL SWINGING ADJUSTMENT TRANSVERSELY OF THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE CARTON TRANSLATED BY SAID FEED MEMBER, SAID CARTON BODY ERECTING MEMBER INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF LATERALLY SPACED CARTON RECEIVING AND SUPPORTING ARMS PROVIDED WITH PARALLEL FACES AND HAVING INWARDLY FACING LUGS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE EDGE OF A PARTIALLY COLLAPSED CARTON AS THE CARTON IS BEING ERECTED, A PIVOTALLY MOUNTED COMPLEMENTARY CARTON SUPPORT MEMBER ACTUATED IN TIMED RELATION TO SAID CARTON BODY ERECTING MEMBER AND INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSELY SPACED FINGERS WHICH SUPPORTINGLY ENGAGE THE MIDDLE OF THE BOTTOM OF THE BODY OF THE CARTON WHILE THE BODY IS INITIALLY BEING ERECTED BY SAID SUPPORT ARMS, MEANS FOR ERECTING THE TRANSVERSE STRUT AND CELL MEMBERS OF THE CARTON COMPRISING TRANSVERSELY 